After voting against advancing a disaster relief aid bill Monday night, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey spoke to Majority Leader Harry Reid and received "personal assurance" that there'd be a chance to offset the aid with other spending cuts. So, Tuesday night when the Senate brought it up again he voted for it

"As I’ve said before, I support federal funding so that we can deliver disaster relief to those in need, but I also believe we should and can do so in a fiscally responsible manner," Toomey said in a statement after the vote. "In a bloated annual budget of $3.6 trillion dollars, there’s no reason why Congress cannot redirect $7 billion in spending – a mere .0019 of total federal spending – from less-worthy causes."

The Senate voted 61-38 to move forward on the measure, which is actually a resolution to renew import restrictions with Myanmar. But Reid announced he would use that measure to tack on about $7 billion in funding assistance for communities recently impacted by natural disasters like Hurricanes Irene and Lee.

Toomey was among only eight Republicans to vote to move forward on the disaster relief bill and the only one to change his vote from a "no" to a "yes."